Whether obtaining intellectual property rights, prosecuting infringement actions, or helping clients exploit their intellectual property rights, Benesch’s Intellectual Property Practice Group has the legal training and experience to help clients get the most out of their intellectual capital.
Our team has litigated cases from coast-to-coast, including in venues where intellectual property cases are most often brought such as the Eastern District of Texas, the District of Delaware, the Northern District of Illinois and various districts in New York and California. Our experience extends from basic non-practicing entity defense work to representation of a competitor in complex, multi-faceted competitor intellectual property battles. We also try cases in state courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and in the International Trade Commission.
Benesch’s approach is different than most other firms. Rather than stick to the standard process, we work with our clients early on to identify themes and understand business goals. We then implement a strategy to position our clients for early resolution through tactical maneuvering of the litigation. Indeed, we have strong track record of identifying weaknesses in the opposing party’s position and crafting strategies to bring them to a head early in the process. Our goal from the start is to reduce our clients’ risk profile and avoid the cost of a trial if at all possible. That said, we are trial lawyers. This fact comes across in the quality and creativity of our work product, further assisting our clients as our adversaries understand from the beginning that we welcome the opportunity to bring our story to the trier of fact if they are not amenable to alternative resolution.
Our litigation services include:
We also have litigation experience with cases involving unfair competition, non-competition covenants, related antitrust matters, e-commerce issues, computer-related contracts, franchising agreements, licensing agreements, outsourcing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, distributorship arrangements and other technology-related arrangements. Benesch’s IP litigators produce positive results in these types of litigation matters and others on a consistent basis.
Benesch’s team is one that you will be proud to have representing your company. Our Intellectual Property Litigation Group is comprised of a diverse set of attorneys with varying technical background and extensive courtroom expertise. We are not only registered patent attorneys, but versed in understanding the client goals and implementing short and long-term strategies to accomplish them. In short, Benesch’s Intellectual Property team produces positive results on a consistent basis for our clients.
Represented a manufacturer and provider of household appliance products in false advertising litigations with a global product design and technology company related carpet cleaning superiority advertising claims and suction performance claims.*
Represented Feit Electric, a global leader in first-to-market lighting innovations against claims of patent infringement by Nichia. The technology relates to the manufacturing process for semiconductor chipsets, known as an LED (Light Emitting Diode) package, used in LED lighting applications.